Cao Zhang struggled to support more than 30 times in front of Zhang Fei, hoping that the soldiers and horses on the left and right would come to save him. But he didn't know that Zhang Fei also divided his troops and horses to live in Erzhai. Cao Zhang didn't see the rescuers, and he fell behind alone, so he had to retreat in defeat.

Zhang Fei's army and horses surrounded the camp on all sides, how could Cao Zhang escape easily? Cao Zhang rushed left and right and couldn't get out of the camp, and Zhang Fei chased after him to strangle Cao's sergeant. Seeing that there were fewer and fewer soldiers behind him, Cao Zhang was anxious. At this time, the northeast corner of Zhang Fei's camp was in turmoil, and it turned out that Kuai Yue abandoned the camp and led the troops to kill.

It is impossible for the small number of men and horses left behind by Kuai Yue to defeat Zhang Fei, and it is no problem to create some chaos behind Zhang Fei's encirclement. Cao Zhang took this opportunity to lead his troops to the northeast, and only then did he join forces with Kuai Yue to break out of the encirclement.

Zhang Fei won a complete victory, pursuing Cao Zhang on the one hand, and seizing the camp on the mountain by dividing his troops on the other. Cao Zhang and Kuai Yue led the remnants of the army all the way, and Zhang Fei regained the lost ground all the way behind, and soon drove Cao Bing out of Leping County.

The Northern Han army horses chased to the border, and Zhang Fei secretly wondered: Cao Bing crossed the border to grab grain, and now he is defeated, how can he let it go easily? Although there is no military order for his brother to send troops to attack Cao, at least he will be robbed and the capital will be recovered. Thinking of this, Zhang Fei led his troops across the border and continued to pursue Cao's army.

After Zhang Fei crossed the border, he wanted to loot some grain and grass and return, but Changshan County was in a famine year, and there was no surplus grain in the small counties of Xiangting, so Zhang Fei began to raid the big city.

Cao Zhang and Kuai Yue's military horses were mostly damaged, and they were powerless to prevent Zhang Fei from crossing the border, so they had to retreat into Changshan County to defend it, and sent people to Cao Pi and Sima Yi to send letters for help. At this time, Zhang Fei and Cao Zhang's offensive was completely reversed, and it became Cao Zhang defending the city and Zhang Fei attacking the city.

Sima Yi had long expected that Cao Zhang was not Zhang Fei's opponent, after all, Zhang Fei was much more powerful than Cao Zhang in terms of martial arts and combat experience, not to mention that the number of Cao soldiers was not as good as Zhang Fei's command. After receiving Cao Zhang's letter asking for help, Sima Yi smiled and said, "I've got it!" After that, he wrote a letter and ordered Cao Zhang and Kuai Yue to defend the city.

Cao Chun saw that Sima Yi didn't send soldiers and horses to rescue, and couldn't help but worry: "If the governor doesn't send troops, won't Changshan be in danger?" ”

Sima Yi smiled: "Mo Feizi and don't know the plan to save Zhao from Wei Wei?" ”

When Cao Chun heard this, he suddenly said: "Is the mouth of the Dadu Governor Tun military boundary going to be directly taken and annexed?" What a plan! ”

Sima Yi nodded, and asked Cao Chun to go down and give an order, ordering an army of 80,000 and claiming to be 150,000, and sent troops from Guangping County to Jinyang, the seat of the state.

Jinyang is today's Taiyuan, after Zhang Fei left the city to send troops, only Sun Qian was here to defend the city. At first, Sun Qian was still a little worried that Zhang Fei would be reckless, but with the frequent good news, Sun Qian also put his mind at ease to deal with government affairs. On this day, Sun Qian was processing official documents in the palace, and a guard at the gate reported the emergency military situation.

At first, Sun Qian thought it was information sent by Zhang Fei, but when he called in the envoy to ask, he learned that Cao's soldiers were pressing the border, which frightened Sun Gan. After Sun Qian saw the letter, he contacted Zhang Fei as soon as possible, and sent a letter to Liu Bei, asking for support. 150,000 Cao troops crossed the border, this is not a border friction, obviously Cao Pi has the intention of occupying and annexing the state.

Zhang Fei and Liu Bei got the news almost at the same time. Zhang Fei didn't say a word, abandoned Cao Zhang, and withdrew his troops overnight and rushed back. Liu Bei convened the generals to discuss countermeasures as soon as possible.

Now Liu Bei is only left with Jian Yong, Xun Chen, and Chen Zhi. After a while, the three of them arrived together, and after reading Sun Gan's letter asking for help, Jian Yong said: "It's not good, the three generals fell for Sima Yi's plan to transfer the tiger away from the mountain!" ”

Even if Jian Yong didn't say it, Liu Bei knew that the situation was not good, and said anxiously: "Now that Mr. Kong Ming is leading the troops, Yide must be saved, how should this be good?" ”

Chen Zhi was the only military general around Liu Bei at this time, and immediately went out to ask for orders: "Your Majesty don't worry, the last general is willing to lead the troops to help the three generals defend the city." ”

Liu Bei was very hesitant to see Chen Zhi ask for battle, Chen Zhi had always acted as Liu Bei's personal bodyguard, and the commander Bai Wei elite never left lightly. It can be said that Liu Bei would be very insecure if he didn't have Chen Zhi by his side, so he asked the two advisers: "Uncle Zhi wants to go, what do you think?" ”

Jian Yong saw that Liu Bei hesitated, and also knew that Liu Bei had no generals to send, so he said: "Xuchang is now a supreme general, if General Chen goes and Sun Quan comes to attack, Xuchang is in danger." Why didn't Your Majesty send Yanzhou and order the second general to lead the troops to rescue? ”

"No! Yanzhou is an important place, bordered by Cao Pi to the north and Sun Quan to the east. As soon as the second general goes, Yanzhou will be lost! Xun Chen didn't wait for Liu Bei to open his mouth before speaking out against it.

Liu Bei said: "I don't know what Xun Aiqing's plan is? ”

Xun Chen said: "Although Cao Pi is a vassal to His Majesty, the hostility of the troops has been shown to merge with the state. Although Sun Quan established himself as emperor, there was no conflict with His Majesty's alliance before. Now His Majesty is the East and Sun Quan, and the Northern War is Cao Pi. Send an envoy to Eastern Wu and ask Sun Quan to send troops to attack Yecheng and relieve the siege of the annexed state. Then send General Chen to help the third general defend the city. ”

Yuzhou, where Liu Bei was located, only bordered Nanye and Sun Quan, while Yanzhou, which Guan Yu guarded, bordered Cao Pi and Sun Quan. Now it is only Cao Pi who mobilizes troops, so the Yanzhou guarded by Guan Yu is more dangerous than Liu Bei's Yuzhou, and Xun Chen suggested that Liu Bei send troops from Yuzhou to support Zhang Fei.

After thinking about it left and right, Liu Bei felt that what Xun Chen said was reasonable. Cao Pi has already hit the doorstep, and the first task at this time is to guard against Cao Pi, not Sun Quan. Besides, even if Chen Dao is dispatched, the Bai Wei Army is still by his side, and there is Xuchang City to protect him, it is not easy for someone to hurt Liu Bei. So Liu Bei nodded and said: "According to Xun Aiqing's plan, I don't know who is willing to go to Dongwu as an envoy?" ”

Liu Bei usually sends lobbyists, and Jian Yong has a lot of time to go out. However, since the founding of Sun Quan, the relationship between the Sun and Liu families has not been as harmonious as before, and both families feel that the other is not orthodox, and diplomatic relations have been interrupted. Jian Yong was not sure to persuade Sun Quan to send troops to attack Cao, so he hesitated.

Xun Chen's own plan, and seeing Jian Yong's hesitation, he said: "Weichen is willing to go to Dongwu to lobby Sun Quan." ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he ordered Xun Chen to bring more gifts to Eastern Wu, and ordered Chen to lead 50,000 troops to reinforce and merge with the state. As a result, half of the Xuchang garrison was gone, and only 50,000 soldiers and horses were available.

However, it was said that Zhang Fei heard that Sima Yi's soldiers were besieging Jinyang, so he quickly led the troops back. Fifty miles away from Jinyang City, suddenly there were shouts of killing on both sides of the road, and countless Cao soldiers were killed left and right, cutting Zhang Fei's men and horses into two sections.

Zhang Fei's corporal was very tired all the way, and he did not watch out for the ambush, and there was chaos at that time. Seeing that the soldiers were in a panic, Zhang Fei raised his spear and pulled his horse, and led the front army to kill and go back to rescue, but there was no enemy everywhere he went.

The two people who ambushed Zhang Fei were sent by Sima Yi, Cao Xiu, the coach on the left, and Cao Zhen, the coach on the right. The two saw that Zhang Fei was unstoppable, and worked together to fight Zhang Fei.

The three of them fought in one place for more than 20 rounds, and Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu were defeated. Zhang Fei rescued the rear army, urged the soldiers to move quickly, and personally cut off the rear army.